Mobile Micro-Robots for scientific instrument deployment on planets

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 107-115

  Richter, L ^a   Schilling, K ^b   Bernasconi, M C ^c   Garcia Marirrodriga C ^d  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c Oerlikon Space AG   (Switzerland)

^d EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Instrument deployment; Locomotion; Mobile vehicle; Planetary surface; Technology development

Indexed keywords

PLANETS; ROBOTIC ARMS; SENSORS; SPACE RESEARCH;

MOBILE MICRO ROBOTS; SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT DEPLOYMENT;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0032025625     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8890(98)00064-5     Document Type: Article

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